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The Life of St. Teresa of Jesus, of the Order of Our Lady of Carmel (Classic Reprint)

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The Life of St. Teresa of Jesus, of the Order of Our Lady of Carmel (Classic Reprint)

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Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9781440033964
ISBN: 144003396X
Label: Forgotten Books
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageEnglishPublished
Manufacturer: Forgotten Books
Number Of Pages: 562
Publication Date: July 08, 2009
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Studio: Forgotten Books

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St. Teresa was born at Avila on Wednesday, March 28, 1515/ and baptized on April 4, in the parish church of San Juan, the very day on which the first Mass was celebrated in the new church of the convent of the Incarnation.2 Her god-father was Vela Nunez, and the god-mother Doña Maria del Águila. The name she received in baptism, Teresa, of frequent occurrence in Spain in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, was common to the families of both her father and mother ; for her great-grandmother on the father's side was Teresa Sanchez, and her grandmother on her mother's side was Teresa de las Cuevas.
Her father, Don Alonso Sanchez de Cepeda, son of Don Juan Sanchez de Toledo, had been married twice, first in 1504, to Doña Catalina del Peso, by whom he had tluee children-Don Juan Vasquez de Cepeda, Don Pedro de Cepeda, and a daughter. Doña Maria de Cepeda, who married Don Martin de Guzman, and is frequently mentioned in the writings of her saintly half-sister. Don Alonso having become

Table of Contents

Introduction, by Rev Ji Zimmerman ix; Annals of the Saint's Life , xxxvii; Prologue i; I Childhood and early Impressions- The Blessing of pious parents; -Desire of Martyrdom-Death of the Saint's Mother 2; II Early Impressions-Dangerous Books and Companions-The; Saint is placed in a Convent 6; III The Blessing of being with good people-How certain illusions; were removed , ? 12; IV Our Lord helps her to become a Nun-Her many Infirmities 16 V, Illness and Patience of the Saint-The Story of a Priest whom; she rescued from a Life of Sin 24; VI The great Debt she owed to our Lord for His Mercy to her-She; takes St Joseph for her Patron 33; VII, Lukewarmness--The Loss of Grace-Inconvenience of Laxity; in Religious Houses 41; VTII The Saint ceases not to pray-Prayer the way to recover what is lost-All exhorted to pray-The great Advantage of Prayer, even to those who may have ceased from it 57 IX The means

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